I got the same reply. Apparently (according to a fellow diabetic on the internet) they are not working with the NHS to make them available for free.I have emailed asking when it will be available and the cost
They are unable to give out that info just now so have to wait
Hope it is not too expensive and the sensors are not to dear
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My first post on the forum
This article dated back in March suggests that if the trial is successful it will be submitted to NICE for consideration
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2014/mar/new-less-invasive-glucose-monitoring-device-is-trialled-in-the-uk-90515058.html
Unlikely - CGMs don't, and this looks very similar (smaller sensor, and lower battery drain by having much shorter range thus requiring you to place the meter over the sensor).It looks great. It says it needs fitting every 2 weeks. It doesn't say how... It may need fitting by a nurse. I like the idea of anything that makes monitoring more regular.
Abbot still gets paid regardless of whether you buy the device privately or the NHS pays for it, but obviously they stand to make a lot more money if the NHS pays for one for every diabetic (which would require their studies to show that the device massively reduces complications across the board) rather than by selling to the rich.No surprise there they will make a lot money cause any body thats test knows how sore your fingers get and will bye them safe or poor fingers
Here's the list of NHS cost for test strips http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cost-of-blood-glucose-and-ketone-strips-to-nhs.56880/The device is fitted easily. You insert it into a plastic thing, peel off a sticky paper, put the plastic inserter on the position you want to wear it then press a button and it inserts. Quick and easy.
Most strips cost in the region of £25 per 50 strips which last about 1 week. I doubt the sensors will cost more than £50 each. If they cost less than £50, surely 2 sensors per month will save the NHS money in the long run.
Initially, I think we would have to self fund but overtime as the sensors become cheaper to manufacture due to demand, I am sure the NHS will start funding them. Everyone is going to want this device when it comes available.
I heard that it will be cheaper than Dexcom. Abbot are very reasonable with pricing. An omnipod PDM sells for about £300 and a pod for about £18 each. Based on that, I am sure the Libre will be affordable.
The new meter is not a CGM so don't expect it to be it only registers when you scan the sensor attached to you.
I found this http://diatribe.org/issues/58/new-now-next/6 so looks as if we have both read bits and pieces of the info available and I've misread the infoI thought I had read it takes a reading every 15 mins, when you scan you get the latest reading and the history, must scan within 8hrs to get a full history onto the meter.
As demonstrated by their current-gen CGM, which is £1000 for the device and £300 a month in sensors?Abbot are very reasonable with pricing
Yes, but the description says that the sensor stores and transmits 8hs worth of data whenever you scan it with the meter, which means that you could get a whole day's coverage by scanning the sensor every 8h - are you saying that this is incorrect? From Abbot's homepage:it give you a reading wheneve you scan the meter over the sensor. Its not CGM